"She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy."

-- Ann Brashares

#Wish Quotes #Unhappy Quotes #Made Quotes

“Use them with care, and use them with respect as to the transformations they can achieve, and you have an extraordinary research tool. Go banging about with a psychedelic drug for a Saturday night turn-on, and you can get into a really bad place, psychologically. Know what you're using, decide just why you're using it, and you can have a rich experience. They're not addictive, and they're certainly not escapist, either, but they're exceptionally valuable tools for understanding the human mind, and how it works.”
“When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.”
“The Bible is authoritative on everything of which it speaks. Moreover, it speaks of everything.”
“One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.”

Source : Edith Stein (2012). “Edith Stein Essays on Woman”, p.10, ICS Publications
“Each personâ€™s life is dominated by a central event, which shapes and distorts everything that comes after it and, in retrospect, everything that came before.”
“Since most problems are created by our imagination and are thus imaginary, all we need are imaginary solutions.”
“Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition...”
“The language of labels is like paper money, issued irresponsibly, with nothing of intrinsic value behind it, that is, with no effort of the intelligence to see, to really apprehend.”

Source : Paula Fox (2011). “News from the World: Stories and Essays”, p.150, W. W. Norton & Company

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